brazilian jiu jitsu

Last week we had Carlson Gracie Team Black Belt Ricardo "Rey" Diogo out for a 2 hour seminar. Like always Rey delivered. He covered a lot of technique starting in the stand up and finishing with some half guard defenses.
Once thing when you train with Rey, you always get a simplistic approach to everything and solid technique with an emphasis to the details of the positions and the strategy behind applying them.

Fitness Can Be Fun with BJJ For those of you who love fitness but are looking for something a bit different from your normal routine you may had thought about adding some type of training such as BJJ, or Brazilian jiu jitsu. If you’ve never done this type of sport before, you may not be aware of what you’re missing. Not only is it a great form of exercise, but it’s also a great form of self defense for both males and females as well as kids of all ages.

This is Nathan Mendelsohn, third degree brown belt from Claudio Franca BJJ and I'd like to invite you to follow me along for what should be a really exciting 2012 Competition Season!! I'm back and really excited for this year and I'll be posting here all year long with stories, techniques and updates on all my travels and experiences competing around the U.S. and the World!!

While many sports fanatics in the San Francisco Bay Area were at home or at their local bars rooting for the San Francisco 49ers against the NY Giants in the NFL’s NFC Championship game, just an hour drive from the city, competitors from dozens of Bay Area and west coast teams were donning gis. The teams were ready to begin the 2012 competition season by putting their jiu-jitsu skills to the test.

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